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Tuesday, June 27, 2006
This Week's Hot DVD: 'Failure to Launch'
Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker made a solid hit out of this innocuous but weak and forgettable screwball comedy. He plays a 35-year-old yacht salesman, outdoor adventurer and playboy who has so structured his life around having fun, being taken care of and avoiding responsibility that he has never moved out of his parents' house. She portrays a "professional interventionist" -- a young woman who has made a job out of luring boy-men away from the nest by pretending to be attracted to them, and thus giving them the self-confidence they need to break the family tie. With Kathy Bates, Zooey Deschanel, Terry Bradshaw and Justin Bartha. The DVD has five featurettes, including the self-importantly titled "The Failure to Launch Phenomenon," featuring interviews with real-life adults still living with the folks. 97 minutes. Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and nudity. (William Arnold)
GRADE: C
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